Batik - Hand-printed material colored by dipping the fabric intodye

Tag : damask fabric


Originally heavy silk with an elaborate pattern in silveror gold threads. Brocade fabric has an embossed appearance.

Chenille - From the French word for caterpillar, so named becausechenille yarn is plush and fuzzy. Also used to denote fabrics madewith chenille yarn.

Chintz - Originally any printed, cotton fabric. Now refers tofabric with a glazed or polished surface.

Damask - Named for the ancient city of Damascus where elaboratefloral designs were woven in silk. Damask is flatter than brocadeand is reversible. The pattern changes color on the wrong side.

Jacquard - Damasks, tapestries, brocades, matelassé and all clothswith elaborate figures woven on a jacquard loom.

Matelassé - French, meaning to cushion or pad. Refers to fabricwith a quilted surface produced on the loom. A figured or brocadedcloth with a raised pattern.

Moire - A fabric, particularly silk, with a watered or wavypattern.

Ticking - A strong cotton fabric used to cover mattresses.

Toile - A richly patterned fabric or wall covering named after afabric produced in France in the early 19th century (pronouncedTWALL). Toiles feature intricate depictions of natural, historicalor pastoral renderings of country scenes on a simple background.